Wed - December 28, 2005
Some Old Art
I've been sorting some archives and found old
art!
Things I immediately notice... I'm apparently wicked fond of both the 3/4 view of the face and the color blue. Amazing.
Things I immediately notice... I'm apparently wicked fond of both the 3/4 view of the face and the color blue. Amazing.
This one was titled "Blue Ghost," and I pulled it out because I thought Aud might like it...
Obviously I'd just seen Atlantis.
This one I really love... It makes me want to draw more....
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Tue - November 15, 2005
Thu - June 23, 2005
Projects in Process
Let's
see....
* Ongoing work on a website for my daycare. (Take the pictures, tweak the pictures, upload/caption the pictures, notify.... rinse and repeat.)
* Occasionally updating my journal. (I will write regularly. Dammit.)
* The Sweater That Will Not End. (I have one more sleeve to finish knitting, but I'm a little nervous that there might not be QUITE enough wool, so I'm hemming and hawing about "finishing." Have been for some time now.)
* A coloring book of the daycare kids, for the daycare kids. (May never finish it, but the occasional page goes over quite well.)
* An iDVD as well, same as above. (You so want an artist working at your daycare. You have no idea.)
* A baby doll I started (making it up as I went), but I hinged the legs wrong and threw it in a closet in disgust. (I've since figured out how to fix it, but haven't actually DONE it yet.... Also, I don't think I could physically throw a baby doll. And I didn't even have Toy Story as a kid.)
* A drop spindle I made and a bag of rabbit fur.... Who knows if it'll ever be a whole ball of yarn. (I get a pass there - spinning is amazing, but also very hand intensive... Unless of course I'm doing it wrong.)
* Knitting squares and ears so the daycare kids can stuff (and possibly try sewing? some of them, maybe) their own bunnies during our Summer of Textiles finale week.
* I have a bunch of these.... fake red berries (for flower arrangements) that are just dying to become a crown for my Evil Twin, something akin to the one I wore for my wedding.... (Yeah, we bought the berries before then... I'm pretty sure.)
* For several, SEVERAL years now I have been, off and on, working on a gargoyle for a dear friend. In recent years this work has mostly consisted of pulling "Max" out, glaring at him accusingly as though it's his choice to keep having all his limbs fall off like that, and shoving him back in the closet while I go off researching a new technique to maybe make him work. (Not to jinx anything, but there is the beginnings of a Max Revival beginning to take shape. SHUSH!)
* Maybe even longer ago, my sister gave me this really big bead. It's a sort of near-amber... whatever amber is before it finishes becoming amber. I'm supposed to be carving it, and still have every intention of doing so, I'm just afraid to ruin it with my early attempts at carving such things, and have never been able to settle on a design. It recently occurred to me that I could, were I so inclined, make some samples of the same size and shape out of plaster and try some things out.
* My never-ending paper Journal. That one has been getting lots of love in the last few days.
* Oh, hey? Guess what! I actually used to DRAW. Yeah, I know. Shocking. I'm trying to do that more lately. (The paper Journal has been helping.)
.... I know I'm forgetting things.... Karen? :)
* Ongoing work on a website for my daycare. (Take the pictures, tweak the pictures, upload/caption the pictures, notify.... rinse and repeat.)
* Occasionally updating my journal. (I will write regularly. Dammit.)
* The Sweater That Will Not End. (I have one more sleeve to finish knitting, but I'm a little nervous that there might not be QUITE enough wool, so I'm hemming and hawing about "finishing." Have been for some time now.)
* A coloring book of the daycare kids, for the daycare kids. (May never finish it, but the occasional page goes over quite well.)
* An iDVD as well, same as above. (You so want an artist working at your daycare. You have no idea.)
* A baby doll I started (making it up as I went), but I hinged the legs wrong and threw it in a closet in disgust. (I've since figured out how to fix it, but haven't actually DONE it yet.... Also, I don't think I could physically throw a baby doll. And I didn't even have Toy Story as a kid.)
* A drop spindle I made and a bag of rabbit fur.... Who knows if it'll ever be a whole ball of yarn. (I get a pass there - spinning is amazing, but also very hand intensive... Unless of course I'm doing it wrong.)
* Knitting squares and ears so the daycare kids can stuff (and possibly try sewing? some of them, maybe) their own bunnies during our Summer of Textiles finale week.
* I have a bunch of these.... fake red berries (for flower arrangements) that are just dying to become a crown for my Evil Twin, something akin to the one I wore for my wedding.... (Yeah, we bought the berries before then... I'm pretty sure.)
* For several, SEVERAL years now I have been, off and on, working on a gargoyle for a dear friend. In recent years this work has mostly consisted of pulling "Max" out, glaring at him accusingly as though it's his choice to keep having all his limbs fall off like that, and shoving him back in the closet while I go off researching a new technique to maybe make him work. (Not to jinx anything, but there is the beginnings of a Max Revival beginning to take shape. SHUSH!)
* Maybe even longer ago, my sister gave me this really big bead. It's a sort of near-amber... whatever amber is before it finishes becoming amber. I'm supposed to be carving it, and still have every intention of doing so, I'm just afraid to ruin it with my early attempts at carving such things, and have never been able to settle on a design. It recently occurred to me that I could, were I so inclined, make some samples of the same size and shape out of plaster and try some things out.
* My never-ending paper Journal. That one has been getting lots of love in the last few days.
* Oh, hey? Guess what! I actually used to DRAW. Yeah, I know. Shocking. I'm trying to do that more lately. (The paper Journal has been helping.)
.... I know I'm forgetting things.... Karen? :)
Posted at 06:02 PM Read More
Wed - October 13, 2004
Drawing for Daycare
Of course, when CP asked me to draw squirrels
for the bulletin board, I pulled out pictures of my rescue squirrels of old to
be
models....
Bogey...
Cagney...
April....
Samson....
And, of course, my beloved Socrates.
I miss the squirrels... But I don't regret having a life too busy for them.
Bogey...
Cagney...
April....
Samson....
And, of course, my beloved Socrates.
I miss the squirrels... But I don't regret having a life too busy for them.
Posted at 02:18 PM Read More
Fri - August 20, 2004
What I've Been Doing....
(Of course there's been lots and lots going
on, but here's at least one thing that's been on my
plate....)
We're finishing up the Summer Of Farming at the daycare, and moving into a couple weeks of castles and magic and such, so I've been making bulletin board decorations....
A pixie....
A wizard....
The princess....
The castle....
Prince Charming.....
And the unicorn....
... I still want to do a dragon, and maybe a few other mythical creatures....
CP is starting to be worried that I'm going to cry when the kids rip these apart, but I've taken pictures of them, so it's cool.
Making art for kids is kind of like sculpting ice, or making one of those sand mandalas the Tibetan Monks are so fond of... You really have to enjoy the process and make peace with the temporary nature of the product.
I've been having fun making these, and I hope the kids enjoy tearing them to bits.
We're finishing up the Summer Of Farming at the daycare, and moving into a couple weeks of castles and magic and such, so I've been making bulletin board decorations....
A pixie....
A wizard....
The princess....
The castle....
Prince Charming.....
And the unicorn....
... I still want to do a dragon, and maybe a few other mythical creatures....
CP is starting to be worried that I'm going to cry when the kids rip these apart, but I've taken pictures of them, so it's cool.
Making art for kids is kind of like sculpting ice, or making one of those sand mandalas the Tibetan Monks are so fond of... You really have to enjoy the process and make peace with the temporary nature of the product.
I've been having fun making these, and I hope the kids enjoy tearing them to bits.
Posted at 09:31 AM Read More
Thu - May 13, 2004
Gah
I kinda hate this (and it's far from
complete), but at least I'm
drawing....
.... It might yet be salvageable...
.... It might yet be salvageable...
Posted at 11:57 PM Read More
Fri - April 16, 2004
New Entry.... or not...
I spent over 2 1/2 hours on the phone with my
mom tonight...
Free long distance is a beautiful thing.
I still have telephone issues, so nobody get all that excited, but K just got the whole thing working and so spent the day chasing me with the phone, importuning me to CALL SOMEONE ALREADY.
That added to this glorious thing called a hhe... hed-sett, and I was calling people left and right. (Two people counts as "left and right," doesn't it? Two people, one left, one right... oh hell.)
Audrey and I talked for a goodly time as well, and between the two of them I got off the phone feeling completely charged up and ready to conquer the world. Got a lot done with that energy too, which is good because the laundry pile was getting pretty scary.
.... And you know, I thought I had a lot more to say, but I just lost it all. Oh well.
Here's a pretty picture instead.
Free long distance is a beautiful thing.
I still have telephone issues, so nobody get all that excited, but K just got the whole thing working and so spent the day chasing me with the phone, importuning me to CALL SOMEONE ALREADY.
That added to this glorious thing called a hhe... hed-sett, and I was calling people left and right. (Two people counts as "left and right," doesn't it? Two people, one left, one right... oh hell.)
Audrey and I talked for a goodly time as well, and between the two of them I got off the phone feeling completely charged up and ready to conquer the world. Got a lot done with that energy too, which is good because the laundry pile was getting pretty scary.
.... And you know, I thought I had a lot more to say, but I just lost it all. Oh well.
Here's a pretty picture instead.
This one's old, but I pulled it out again
because I want to finally finish it. (I've never been content with the redhead's
left hand.)
Posted at 10:06 PM Read More
Tue - April 6, 2004
Sun - February 29, 2004
Yet More Blue...
.... I wonder how long this is going to last... I like this one.
(Twinly, are you causing the blue obsession?)
Posted at 08:34 PM Read More
Wed - February 25, 2004
Sea tones
... I tried to work in browns, but got completely stumped.
I like this one because she's not quite the same woman I seem to always draw.... I think I'll be doing more with this one, but I have stuff that needs attention right now, so it'll have to wait.
Posted at 07:26 PM Read More
Tue - February 24, 2004
Serene Blue
Sketchy, rough.... I seem to be all about blue lately... It's interesting how color cravings change.
Posted at 12:24 PM Read More
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